When we reported on the release of Xfce 4.8, we ignored a statement inside the release announcement about the lack of new features coming to the BSD world. The statement was a bit disconnected from the rest of the press release, but Xfce developer Jannis Pohlmann has published a blog post giving a few more details about the issue.

One of the funnier posts I've read on this otherwise quite serious website. Don't get me wrong, I tend to find the profileration of humor annoying (lowers s/n ratio), but I can appreciate an occasional understated and dry jab at the bsd mentality.

I can see where you are coming from, the BSDs are lacking allot of features you find in desktop versions of Linux.